The Mosquito—a Cog in the Ideal Nature Machine
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T installation Ideal Nature Machine by Austrian artist Stefan Waibel is a minimalistic depiction of a piece of turf where several mosquitoes are resting among the grass blades. The installation can be adjusted to fit different rooms and can measure from 5 to 350 square meters depending on the venue. Its presentation in a dark setting that is illuminated by UV light emphasizes the work’s artificiality; wind machines, which cause the grass blades and the mosquitoes to slightly sway, make the work seem more lifelike. (Installations built for an outdoor presentation are made of sturdier materials than are those built for indoor exhibition and do not use the wind machine because the grass blades and mosquitoes are naturally exposed to wind and weather.) The noise from the wind machines adds to the illusion of a hot night, when the whizzing sound of a single mosquito can escalate from awareness to annoyance. The Author affiliations: Independent anthropologist and art historian, Vienna, Austria (C.C.H. Petrosian-Husa); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (B. Breedlove)
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